What's going on in your winery today..

[koomber]

Stabilised my 5 gallon Beaverdale Vieux Chateau Du Roi.
Bottled some ginger wine.
Racked my blackcurrant wine.
Racked a Young's Definative Plum wine. Not impressed with it though.

[spritzer]

Racked a Young's Definative Plum wine. Not impressed with it though.

You might find this is a good blending wine... Or a good topper upper

[ukric]

Racked 3 gallon of greengage and added the strawberry syrup to the strawberry wine i stabilised yesterday

[spritzer]

I am just about to start off a Sauvignon Blanc, that I got cheap from my local HBS, as it was near its sell by date...
I have never heard of it before....
Its a "Moments" make.... which is made by Hambelton Bard.

I am also going to start off a Selection Cab Sav, that has been in the cupboard for sometime

Oh... and before that, I will be racking my Pinot Grigio

[ms67]

Bottled a gallon of pomegranate number 1

[goldseal]

Checking oak levels yesterday.

Black Cherry Port is about right, as is my Ciliegiolo port.

Merlot - I compared oaked with unoaked. The oaked version is smoother and 'darker' tasting, but not overly oaky. Maybe I'll leave it a bit longer, and if I overdo it I'll blend with some of the unoaked version. It has a lump of toasted oakbarrel suspended in it, so I'm on a voyage of discovery.

[ms67]

shopping .... 5 gallon wide-necked FV, in time for a 10 gallon production line of various elderflower wines. couple of kits inc beaverdale du roi, lots of yeasts for ongoing comparative brews (conclusive results already coming through).

And dipping into the "cellar" for comparative tastings of old and young versions of the same(ish) wines. the younger (a year) improved recipes have the edge. Makes me and the better half happy. better be off to blog it in detail!

[goldseal]

i WAS going to do lots of racking and a bit of bottling, but our mains power is a bit dodgy - don't want the Minijet/Enolmatic quitting halfway through

[Rich]

Surprised you've not got a spare ups to use..

[goldseal]

Decided to use gravity for racking instead - reliable and free

[ukric]

Bottling 1 gallon off dry strawberry and 5 gallon lichee

[parsnipman]

transfered my christmas pudding dessert wine into a DJ. Very tasty

[goldseal]

Today I are be mostly fettling me ports.

The Ciliegiolo port is racked and will now be forgotten about for a month.

The Black Cherry port has received what I hope is its final racking before bottling for the Grapefest 2010 taste-off (against Rich's version).

The elderberry / blackberry / chocolate concoction has had a touch more cocoa powder added.

[benarnold]

Went through the freezer yesterday in anticipation of the broad beans coming in soon (and the rhubarb already ) Put into buckets to defrost:

• 2 kg raspberries (to 1 gallon)
• 4 kg elderberries (to 2 gallons)
• 1.5 kg damsons (to 1 gallon)
• 2 kg elderberries; 1kg blackberries; 1kg sloes; 500g blackcurrants (to 2 gallons)

Hopefully they'll have defrosted and I'll find time tonight to take measurements.

[Rich]

Went through the freezer yesterday in anticipation of the broad beans coming in soon (and the rhubarb already ) Put into buckets to defrost:

• 2 kg raspberries (to 1 gallon)
• 4 kg elderberries (to 2 gallons)
• 1.5 kg damsons (to 1 gallon)
• 2 kg elderberries; 1kg blackberries; 1kg sloes; 500g blackcurrants (to 2 gallons)

Hopefully they'll have defrosted and I'll find time tonight to take measurements.

That sounds like a good port in the making there.


Today, cleaned some bottles that have been cluttering up the kitchen. Then knocked up a limoncello vaguely following an internet recipe, with some cheap lemons.

Racked the raspberry chocolate port too, that had a lot of lees.